S12's first ever grow log! ~~

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Gonna start from the very beginning... yea

Just wanna say firstly, that i know i should have read BEFORE i do shit not AFTER... i have learned my lesson very well from the good cunts at MJ ! :dance:

Equipment for first week :

18 x bagseeds
6 x 4.5" pots
Some cheap soil
Thrive
Slow-release plant food
15w 1ft flo tube (30 yrs old... used for under car work)
Bedroom wardrobe - about 1 1/2ft wide 2ft long x 3ft tall. Flat white paint surface covered in tin foil - not knowing tin foil is worse than flat white paint.

In my first week with my seeds, i planted them straight into 6 pots. Yes, thats right... 3 seeds in each, not knowing that soon most of my seeds will not live. I must have planted them too deep into the soil, maybe 2" down...

For the first 2 nights i put all 6 pots under the light 24/0 in my wardrobe (not knowing seeds dont need light to germinate, only heat and moisture). Nothing happened.

After those 2 days i put them in the hot water cupboard, since it kept warm in there at all times. Perfect temperature. I watered them all moist and put some plastic wrap over the top with a rubber band to hold it there so the moisture would stay in.

A few days later i saw my first sprout...(damn i was excited), so i kept them in the hot water cupboard for the following days to come.

4/6 pots had sprouted atleast 1 in each pot. I tipped the 2 un-sprouted pots into the garden, while i was doing it i noticed in 1 of the pots, there was a lil sprout, quite deep in the soil, probably an inch or so long and the tip had snapped. Must have been far too deep in the soil....gutted.

Pic#1: 6 pots, no signs of sprouts. Added slow-release plant food (thought it'd help! lol)
Pic#2: Grow room. See how far the light was away? lol
Pic#3: Grow room from outside with cover on
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OK, so my plants have sprouted.

2 pots have 2 sprouts
2 pots have 1 sprout.

They're stretching to the max, they need more light!
So i have a nosey around my dad's garage and find a metal desk lamp & a "safe" lamp made from plastic. I find 2 20w CFL's and put them in.

Now i have a measly (but better) 55w of poo-power. They seemed to really like them, definatly a hell of alot brighter than the 30-odd yr old flo tube!

I've moved to my new grow room. Specs are about 1.1ft wide x 4.3ft long x 5ft tall.

A few days have passed and they're looking a little better. Now i'm using:

2 x 20w CFL's
Fan heater
1 x 15w 1ft flo tube
6 x 4.5" pots with the average soil
A bit too much plant food :o
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Pic#1: All 6 pots
Pic#2: New grow room
Pic#3: Fan
Pic#4: 3 pots - 1 with 2 sprouts and 2 with 0 sprouts.
Pic#5: 3 pots - 2 with 1 sprouts and 1 with 2 sprouts.

1....move light closer...2 get more lights...3 get more lights....

The next thing i do is seperate the pots with 2 sprouts, so they won't tangle roots and die!

Also while I am doing that, I transplant the rest into bigger pots. 2 Gallon i think...dunno..

A few days later, I bought a 80w 4ft flo tube w/ ballast.... and another one coming a week or so later. The plants showed major love to this!

So i hooked that up a night after i got it & took away the other peices of shit.

The next morning i seen major improvement. They really seemed to be liking it, and the stems seem to be thickign up a bit from the fan too. Wicked!

At the end of that week, things seem to be OK, they look quite healthy and starting to thicken up a little.

Later that week they're doing alright and thought its time to name 'em.... even though they don't have sex's yet! Hope it's good luck to name them early, and not bad

They now have 2 x 80w 4ft flo tubes shining down on them.

Pics are of their new names. Dogbud 7000 is looking the healthiest, along with lady and omega. Potty McPot Pot looks like he is about to die!...

Week 3

OK, so now i have 2 80w 4ft flo tubes and have taken out the fan.
Plants look great! Looking quite bushy now!

Pics were taken today... Potty McPot Pot is looking very well and is recovering from his/her near death experience:p

I just made a 3 week log in less than an hour lol..Will keep yaz up to date!

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Originally Posted by TokinBaby

1....move light closer...2 get more lights...3 get more lights....

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lol read please

Jdog 7000, Dogbud is looking so nice:D

they're all starting to get a nice, fresh, leavey smell too. mmm:)

Looks like I picked a winner!

They look very healthy *wink wink*...

You might wanna look into why the leaves are browning... Cos they'll go crisp, die and you'll have no plant